FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, April 9 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: FRAMINGHAM, MA and SACRAMENTO, CA -- Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced it entered a nearly $140M contract to develop and construct advanced technology biogas cogeneration facility for the Sacramento Area Sewer District lo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 9 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on April 8, 2024: Mayor Wu and the Office of Language and Communications Access (OLCA) published Language and Communications Access Plans for 19 City departments. These plans are the culmination of 12 months of collaboration between OLCA staff and departments to intentionally ensure department services, activities and information are accessible to people who identify as speaking a Language other than English or  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 9 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on April 8, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu today announced that the City of Boston has awarded the City of Boston Flood Modeling RFP to FloodMapp to provide real-time flood monitoring to enhance emergency preparation, response, and recovery during flood events, marking a significant step forward in the city's resilience, an important part of the Mayor's Green New Deal. "Making Boston a Green New Deal city involves ha  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 9 -- The city of Boston issued the following news on April 8, 2024: During this week's Council meeting, the Council commemorated the 56th anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act, a landmark civil rights law that made discrimination in housing unlawful. Its passage came only after a long and difficult journey fought for by advocates around the country. When Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson urged   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 9 -- The city of Boston issued the following news: In 1973, a fire at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis, Missouri, destroyed the records of 16 million Army and Air Force veterans. After the fire, the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) established a regulatory process for those affected, which allowed veterans whose records were lost to use the next closest medical record or a buddy statement to meet the burden of proof. The Fred Hamilton Vet  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 9 -- Draper issued the following news: Draper, an engineering innovation company, announced the appointment of industry veteran Carrie George as Draper's new Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. "Carrie George is a talented executive who has a strong background as an experienced aerospace and defense finance executive," said Dr. Jerry M. Wohletz, CEO and president of Draper. "Even more important, she has been a trusted advisor to senior executi  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 9 -- Flagship Pioneering, a bioplatform innovation company, issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Flagship Pioneering, the bioplatform innovation company, and Invaio Sciences, a bioplatform company accelerating the leap to nature-positive agriculture, today announced that Amy O'Shea has joined Flagship Pioneering as CEO-Partner and Invaio as Chief Executive Officer and Board Director. O'Shea is a seasoned global executive with more than 20 years' e  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 9 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley Hoag LLP partner Allie Clark has been appointed to Law360's Colorado Editorial Advisory Board for 2024. Appointees are vetted through a stringent nomination process and are selected for a one-year term. The editorial advisory board provides feedback and insight on Law360's coverage and advises on best practices to shape future content. Members may also serve as an on-the-record source for reporters throu  more

PITTSFIELD, Massachusetts, April 9 -- General Dynamics Mission Systems, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: General Dynamics Mission Systems announced today that it was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract by the U.S. Navy worth $33.7 million to be the design agent and provide lifecycle sustainment services to support the Independence-variant Littoral Class Ship (LCS) Combat System. This contract includes options which, if  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 9 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following statement on April 8, 2024: * * * Governor Maura T. Healey issued the following statement today in response to Donald Trump's position that abortion laws should be left to the states. "When someone tells you who he is, believe him. Donald Trump again said today that he's 'proudly' responsible for overturning Roe v Wade, stripping the rights away from millions of women and unleashing a public health emer  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 9 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mintz recently filed an amicus brief urging the US Supreme Court to protect access to emergency care for pregnant women under the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) in the consolidated cases Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States that the Court will hear on April 24th. The firm's brief was part of a 27-amicus-brief effort overseen by the National Women's Law Center and othe  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 5 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The longtime academic leader of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology reflects on her time spent guiding students at the intersection of medicine and engineering. * * * By Mindy Blodgett, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science For Julie E. Greenberg SM '89, PhD '94, what began with a middle-of-the-night phone call from overseas became a gratifyi  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 9 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The advance could help make 3D printing more sustainable, enabling printing with renewable or recyclable materials that are difficult to characterize. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News While 3D printing has exploded in popularity, many of the plastic materials these printers use to create objects cannot be easily recycled. While new sustainable materials are emerging for use  more

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, April 9 (TNSres) -- DNV, a provider of classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services, issued the following news: DNV reveals a resilient optimism within the energy sector, despite prevailing caution. According to DNV's annual Industry Insight survey, 73% of senior energy professionals express confidence in the industry's growth trajectory for the upcoming year, a figure that has remained steady at around 74% since 2022, reflect  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 9 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm Goodwin today announced that a leading team of five technology and life sciences partners have joined the firm in its Boston office. Pat Mitchell, Michael McGrail, Giselle Rivers, Harley Brown have joined the Technology practice, and Josh Rottner has joined the Life Science practice. All five partners have practiced together as a team for over a decade. "We proudly welcome this talented a  more

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, April 9 -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: UMass Dartmouth and Roger Williams University (RWU) in Bristol, RI, have partnered to create three joint 4+1 master's degree programs in engineering. The educational partnership agreement between the institutions will provide undergraduate students at RWU with the opportunity to earn accelerated graduate degrees in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and civil engin  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 9 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Most antibiotics target metabolically active bacteria, but with artificial intelligence, researchers can efficiently screen compounds that are lethal to dormant microbes. * * * By Alex Ouyang, Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health Since the 1970s, modern antibiotic discovery has been experiencing a lull. Now the World Health Organization has declared   more